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Installing Zen Cart

Situation:
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FIRST: If you are moving your site, DO NOT UPGRADE AT THE SAME TIME!!! Do your upgrade BEFORE moving, or AFTER moving, but never DURING the move. Otherwise you'll typically run into problems that can't be quickly resolved because you've got too many server issues confused into the picture. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

1. On your NEW host, create a new MySQL database. Note the username, password, database name, and host name (usually localhost).

SSL (secure socket layer) is used to encrypt communications between the browser and the server, thus protecting sensitive data being transferred from your customers to your store. You will recognize SSL mode by seeing the familiar HTTPS:// in the URL in your browser's address bar. This should always also be accompanied by a secure padlock symbol in your browser, often in the status bar at the bottom of the browser window or in the address bar.

Instructions for moving your categories and products over from an OSC database to the Zen Cart® Database.-by networkdad

Ok, a few things before we start:

Backup your databases first before doing this!

This only copies over your categories and products..!

I'm not a coder, or an expert. However, I've done this multiple times now, and it works every time for me. I walked another user thru how to do this, so I thought I'd share with others.

This instructions are dependent upon you having or using PhpMyAdmin, probably the most frequently used MySQL Database management tool. If you don't have this, sorry, I cant help! (phpMyAdmin can be downloaded from Source Forge, it is GPL)

These instructions assume you have some sort of file comparing utility. If you don't have one, I highly recommend you buy one. The one I use is Beyond Compare. It costs a little bit of money, but it is absolutely worth its weight in gold. There are many others
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Preface

Warning:There are several all-in-one "packaged" "bundles" of Zen Cart scattered around the internet, but none of those are endorsed by Zen-Cart.com, as we believe that the manual installation is the best choice to have your system secure and optimized and so you know *exactly* what *you* have put onto your site.

If you choose to use a packaged installer from someplace else, make sure you ask *them* for all your technical support needs and ensure that they intend to keep things up-to-date and that they will provide you with free support for updating *your* site whenever they make updates to their bundled packages.

3 EASY STEPS TO UPGRADE ZEN CART

NOTE: For each new release, there are important documents in the /docs folder of the Zen Cart ZIP file. Please check the /docs/2.readme_how_to_upgrade.html file for any special notes about the version you are upgrading from/to.

NOTE: While the following instructions talk about making files/folders writable, it is wise to review your security settings after installation to be sure you're not leaving yourself open to hacking vulnerability by having too many "world-writable" files on your site. There are detailed security recommendations in the FAQ and the Wiki.